Low-Focus Thought and Creativity
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What cognitive events are called up during low-focus thought?

  • Daydreaming, visualization, analysis
  • Concrete thinking, high-focus cognition, hallucination
  • Sensory perception, memory retrieval, abstract thinking
  • Affect linking, metaphor, analogy (correct)

    • Why is low-focus thought relevant to the phenomenological process?

  • It eliminates the need for high-focus cognition
  • It facilitates creativity and originality (correct)
  • It enhances sensory perception
  • It leads to concrete thinking

    • In the context of Gelernter's terms, what emerges during high-focus cognitive functioning?

  • Dreams
  • Memory retrieval
  • Abstract thinking (correct)
  • Hallucinations

    • What does Gelernter suggest is based on viewing the abstract?

    <p>Few traits shared by many instances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the text describe the relationship between recollection and dreams in low-focus thought?

    <p>They are indistinguishable from each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does low-focus thought primarily involve?

    <p>Affect linking and metaphor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did MerleauPonty suggest about phenomenology?

    <p>It can be practiced as a style of thinking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do dancers and actors in performance do?

    <p>React and respond through the senses in real time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does high-focus thought differ from low-focus thought, according to Gelernter?

    <p>High-focus thought is analytical and linear, low-focus thought is creative and abstract</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term best describes the flow of movement, speech, and affect in most improvisation, based on the text?

    <p>Entwining</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What spectrum did David Gelernter locate human thought processes along?

    <p>Dynamic spectrum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does high-focus thought in affective computing primarily function?

    <p>By associating with wide-awake thought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the French word for rehearsal mentioned in the text?

    <p>Répétition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emphasized in the existential view of the phenomenological process?

    <p>Living through experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the text describe the cognitive functioning involved in describing certain events?

    <p>Excavating sense data through body memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used by designers for the cyclical advancement of projects, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Iteration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of the text, what is emphasized when discussing low-focus thought and creativity?

    <p>Abstract vs concrete thinking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the language used in the different formulations presented in the text?

    <p>Objective and distant</p> Signup and view all the answers

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